Nvidia Board Weighs Jensen Huang’s Future Amid Controversy

WASHINGTON: (News Desk) – Nvidia‘s board of directors is reportedly considering the future of co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang following allegations of multiple extramarital affairs and concerns over his alleged connections with a woman accused of links to Chinese intelligence, US media reported Wednesday.

According to The Wall Street Journal, the company’s board was preparing to meet as early as Wednesday to discuss Huang’s position, citing people familiar with the matter.

Meanwhile, The New York Times reported that Huang was allegedly involved in a second extramarital relationship with a subordinate, Kimberly Powell, Nvidia’s vice president of healthcare. The newspaper cited video evidence allegedly showing the two behaving affectionately at a hotel during a conference in San Jose, California.

Powell, 48, has been among the prominent faces of Nvidia’s efforts to expand its chip technology into the higher education and healthcare sectors.

The latest allegations follow Huang’s admission of a relationship with Alice Huang, a senior executive at Singapore-based data centre company Megaspeed. According to the Wall Street Journal, the two were photographed together in Taipei in 2024 and 2025.

The situation has attracted further attention following reports that US intelligence agencies circulated a memo earlier this year alleging that Alice Huang was an asset of China’s Ministry of State Security.

In a message to Nvidia employees on Sunday, Jensen Huang acknowledged the relationship, writing: “I was unfaithful to my wife.”

On the same day, Nvidia’s board announced that it had launched an independent investigation following reports that its founder and CEO had allegedly become the target of a foreign intelligence operation.

Huang welcomed the investigation and pledged full cooperation, saying he supported the process and remained committed to his country and company.

The controversy has also drawn congressional attention, with lawmakers reportedly calling on Huang to provide a closed-door briefing about his interactions with Alice Huang, according to The New York Times.

Huang has been one of the most influential figures in the global technology industry, particularly as the artificial intelligence boom has propelled Nvidia’s market value and share prices to unprecedented levels.

He has also maintained a visible presence alongside US President Donald Trump at White House events. Last month, Trump presented him with the National Medal of Science.

The Nvidia chief was also among prominent technology leaders, including Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg, who pledged to support industry-led efforts to regulate artificial intelligence amid growing concerns about its potential risks.

Meanwhile, Nvidia shareholders have reportedly filed a class-action lawsuit against Huang and the company, alleging that information about his relationship was not properly disclosed to investors.

Nvidia shares have also suffered a sharp decline in recent days following Huang’s admission, according to the report.

Nvidia is a leading designer of graphics processing units (GPUs), originally developed to handle complex visual computing tasks in video games but now widely used in artificial intelligence and advanced computing.

Most of the company’s processors are manufactured by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the world’s largest contract chipmaker.